Wendy Davis reports: A federal judge has tentatively approved LinkedIn’s $1.25 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2012 data breach. “The settlement agreement falls within the range of possible approval as fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the class,” U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila in the Northern District…
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And then I stumbled across these hacks by Zyklon
Seen on Pastebin, dated January 15: Hacked By Zyklon #Wonkasec WonkaSec Temp Homepage: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/Index%285%29.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/zyclonb4u Website Hacked: http://soviethistory.macalester.edu Very small portion of the accounts, the other 90,000+ will be posted here: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/DbDump.php The accounts with .edu emails are most likely professors, if you are in college…
Ex-RadioShack worker accused of stealing nude phone photos
Henry Lee reports: A former RadioShack employee in Corte Madera appeared in court Monday on charges that he stole revealing cell phone photos from a woman who had brought her phone in to fix a cracked screen. Jose Robert Miranda, 24, of Richmond did not enter a plea to a felony charge of theft and…
League of Legends exploit opens back door to user accounts
Shaun Prescott reports: A League of Legends exploit allowing browser access to the game’s store as a means to hacking other player accounts, is being addressed by Riot. According to witness reports on Reddit, the exploit allows users to access the League of Legends store from a web browser rather than the game client. With access to a user’s Summoner ID and…
HipChat Security Notice and Password Reset
Craig Davies posted this on HipChat‘s blog two days ago: Atlassian’s security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the HipChat service that resulted in unauthorized access to names, usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords for a very small percentage (<2%) of our users. We have no evidence that any payment information was accessed. While HipChat passwords…
CA: Fraud risk for clients of Highland tax business after documents stolen
Greg Cappis reports: A “large number” of documents were stolen Sunday from a business specializing in tax returns, potentially putting customers’ identities and finances at risk, according to the Sheriff’s Department. About 11:56 a.m. a burglar or burglars disabled the alarm at Liberty Tax Service, 27214 Base Line, and forced their way in, the Sheriff’s…